# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop Electron upgrades tied to eMudhra CA distrust

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members concern the desktop app's Electron version: one issue reports Electron 40 still trusting compromised eMudhra intermediates, and two pull requests propose bumping Electron (to 42.11.18 and to 44.9.3). One PR also mentions avoiding breakage on fresh Windows installs and salvaging earlier PRs.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #142727. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #142727 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-142727`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #142533: \[Bug\]: desktop's Electron 40 still trusts the compromised eMudhra intermediates

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#142727: fix(desktop): upgrade to Electron 44.9.3 without breaking fresh Windows installs (salvage #128267, #137648)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `.github/workflows/e2e-desktop-core.yml`, `.github/workflows/e2e-desktop.yml`, `.github/workflows/js-tests.yml`, `.github/workflows/windows-desktop-attach-e2e.yml`, `.npmrc`, `Dockerfile`, `apps/desktop/electron-builder.config.cjs`, `apps/desktop/electron/clipboard-image.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/clipboard-image.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/clipboard-ipc.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/desktop-electron-pin.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/renderer-log.ts`, `apps/desktop/package.json`, `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`, `hermes_cli/source_build.py`, `package.json`, `requirements-payload.txt`, `scripts/build/electron-runtime.mjs`, `scripts/build/node-deps.mjs` (+3 more)
- **#142530: fix(desktop): bump Electron to 42.11.18 for the eMudhra CA distrust**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #142727 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-22`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`